Re: [unschoolingbasics] Digest Number 263
Deirdre Aycock
> From: Angela White <wordshop@...>long-sorry
> Subject: Re: Laundry; was consensus or: her freedom versus mine?
>Every 3rd week it's her turn to do the vacuuming forWhile I am learning to be less controlling with my family, I am extending
> example (the other 2 it's me and dh), but she never does it unless I
> ask her to.
the same freedom to myself. Who says my house has to be vacuumed weekly?
Who says the dishes must be done the minute I get up from the table? Why
does the yard get mowed weekly during the summer? There's some police-voice
in our heads that we can turn off!! Relax! Go play instead of clean!
Deirdre